Diplo, Fridmann, Moulder Spill Secrets

Australian radio show profiles top producers

The Australian radio station Triple J has a new show aimed directly at music dork hearts: "The Producer Series", in which host Mel Bampton interviews superstar producers about their bodies of work. Artists that have collaborated with the producers are interviewed as well.

A couple of episodes are already up. The one about psych-rock mastermind Dave Fridmann includes input from Wayne Coyne and the members of MGMT, while the episode about world-traveling DJ Diplo features Santigold and Gorky from Bonde do Role.

Shows like this are always good for picking up unheralded bits of trivia, like that Fridmann once did live mixing onstage with the Flaming Lips while wearing nothing but a hospital smock, or that the cash register noises on "Paper Planes" come from "a 'Sesame Street' CD or something". You can hear both episodes here.

Future episodes will feature folks like shoegaze master Alan Moulder (with special guests Trent Reznor and Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother) and French dance dude Philippe Zdar (with members of Phoenix and Cut Copy), as well as Silverchair producer Scott Horscroft. This is, after all, Australia. They love them some Silverchair over there.